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Search Results for: Products
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Dec
Concrete Masonry Products MSDS
Revised safety data sheets are now available in 3 languages. Download the Concrete Masonry Products MSDS in your language: English
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Dec
Year in Review
We are winding down on yet another successful (albeit challenging) year! There were two strong areas of focus for us this year; industry collaboration and allyship; and I would say both were a success!
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2022 Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)
Over the last year, the CCMPA executive has consulted closely with The Athena Group working toward our renewed, industry- wide Environmental Product Declaration (EPD). The new version includes both GU and GUL cement, as well as data supporting carbon sequestration in dry-cast block.
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Feb
Your Q1 CCMPA Activity Report
We hope that this email finds you healthy and well, surviving despite the continued chaos surrounding us. The silver lining of this pandemic seems to be that it has been an outstanding couple of years for block production and sales - with a continued strong forecast for 2022.
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May
Building the Case For Block
Resilience has long been a buzz word in construction design and is used in a variety of ways; often without clear definition. For the purposes of this article, the definition will be derived from a paper by Norris, F.P., et al. titled “Community Resilience as a Metaphor, Theory, Set of Capacities and Strategy for Disaster Readiness”. Norris notes that “resilience is a process not just a result or outcome and resilience is adaptive (dynamic not static)”.
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The World is on Fire
“Climate change” is a term that has been so over utilized that the entirety of our population has become completely immune to the gravity that it carries. The vast majority of the West Coast of our continent is on fire, and yet we have not paused. Climate change is an intricately complex issue, and each person has a role to play, no matter how small. Further to this thought, activist Greta Thunberg states “we must change almost everything in our current societies. The bigger your carbon footprint, the bigger your moral duty. The bigger your platform, the bigger your responsibility”.
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Aug
CCMPA is thinking about you! Our Q3 Update 2020
Dear Members and Industry Affiliates, We hope that this note finds you all healthy during these changing times, and that you are settling into the "new normal". Here in Ontario, the majority of the province is entering into Stage 3 of re-opening and we are seeing a semblance of a return to normality. Production and shipping numbers look to have had a strong Q2 close, a positive start in Q3, and we are hoping to see continued increases.
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Top 10 Reasons to Pursue a Career in Masonry
Top 10 Reasons to Pursue a Career in Masonry Excellent income potential. More skill equals more money — you control
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Oct
Making the Cut: Is cross-laminated timber safe?
By: Paul Hargest, President of CCMPA Last March, part of a floor under construction at Oregon State University collapsed after
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Jul
Sustainable Development / Social Responsibility
A Lasting Legacy Concrete masonry producers take great pride in designing and building timeless and resilient structures that last a
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Jul
CCMPA Carbon Calculator
Welcome to CCMPA’s Carbon Calculator For years, designers have been making the decision to specify concrete masonry wall assemblies in
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Dec
Life Cycle Assessment
A Canadian Industry-Average Cradle-to-Gate Life Cycle Assessment of Two Concrete Masonry Unit Products This life cycle assessment (LCA) report or
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May
New Member
CCMPA is delighted to inform you that we have a new member. Rinox Inc. concrete product manufacturer is located in
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Mar
Insurance costs are more for wood frame buildings
New study finds insurance costs are more than six times greater for wood frame buildings than for concrete buildings OTTAWA,
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Jun
Trades & Apprenticeship students honoured at awards ceremony
May 27, 2015 – Marina de Souza, Executive Director of CCMPA, was on hand at the sixth annual Conestoga College
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The Truth is Controversial!
Ref: Attack Ad reignites feud between concrete and wood industries I am pleased to read that the concrete masonry industry
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Sep
We’d like to set the record straight.
A few weeks ago the Canadian Concrete Masonry Producers Association ran a full page ad in the Toronto Star with
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Nov
Facts of Fire: Wood Burns. Block Protects.
At an early age, we learn that concrete products protect us from fire – while wood burns. We apply this
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Jul
High-Wind Testing Demonstrates Resilience of Modern Masonry Construction
Within hours, images of yesterday’s full-scale testing of commercial strip mall-type structures hit the information superhighway. Photos and video from
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May
Reinventing Canadian Masonry
By Mark D. Hagel, PhD, P.Eng. For thousands of years, masonry has been the building material of choice in many
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Apr
Concrete block in buildings contributes to a four part ‘balanced design’ that helps contain fires
CCMPA supports Ontario Fire Chiefs’ fire-sprinkler findings and advocates containment as part of a four part balanced design to prevent the
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Apr
Research Projects
Athabasca University Research Collaborative Architecture Program between Royal Canadian Architectural Institute & Athabasca University Concordia Research Use of new Glass
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Mar
Design Resources
NCMA Visit the Design Resources section of the NCMA website to find hundreds of publications on correct and efficient design,
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Feb
Fungal Mould Resistance Testing – Masonry Canada
Fungal Mould Resistance Testing (FMRT) of Common Building Materials According to MIL-STD 810 Masonry Canada is pleased to present this
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Feb
Concrete Masonry & the LEED® Recycled Content Credit REPORT
Recently, the construction industry has seen an increased emphasis on sustainable design and building green by governments, design professionals and
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Feb
Levy Program
Why do we have a Levy for Concrete Masonry Units? CCMPA collects and administers an environmental levy on behalf of
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Feb
Canadian Masonry Research Council
We are pleased to announce that the Canadian Concrete Masonry Producers Association (CCMPA) and the Canada Masonry Design Centre (CMDC)
